Once you are the “best” at something you are giving up control or responsibility of your outcome. Your way is then defined by others. By a pure definition you can never control what others think of you or how they define you. So in fact you transform from victor into victim. To be “best” means you are compared to someone else. Your very nature is incomparable. Business is a game that can only be played and never won. It is your design that matters only. I am not saying not to compete but true competition only occurs with the self. The only thing that matters is the design. If competition helps call forth the design than compete whole heartedly but if you are just competing to win to be the “best” you will suffer greatly for greatness and glory are fleeting and most dangerously those traits are in the eyes of others.
“What do you think now of me Roark?” said Toomey.
“I don’t think of you.” Howard Roark
November 24, 2009 at 2:50 pm |
one of my favorite entries.